Exporters' & Traders' Compress & Warehouse Co. v. Bargainer

H. O. Bargainer was the owner of 15 bales of cotton, which were destroyed by fire while held for storage by the Exporters’ & Traders’ Compress & Warehouse Company in its warehouse at Marlin, Tex. He sued that company for -the value of the cotton, and seeks to establish liability on the alleged ground that the latter was guilty of negligence in permitting destruction of the cotton by fire, and he recovered a judgment for the value of his cotton, with interest thereon in the sum of $1,858.49. The Exporters’ & Traders’ Compress & Warehouse Company prosecuted an appeal to the Court of Civil…